MC Jin
| MC Jin | |
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Jin in the earlier days of his rapping career
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 歐陽靖 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 欧阳靖 (simplified) |
| Jyutping | au1 joeng4 zing6 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Jin Au-Yeung |
| Ethnicity | Hakka |
| Origin | New York City, New York |
| Born |
June 4, 1982 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Other name(s) | Jin, Jin the Emcee |
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| Genre(s) | Hip hop |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse(s) | Carol Au-Yeung (m. 2011) |
| Children | 1 |
| Ancestry | Hong Kong |
| Website | mcjin |
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| Traditional Chinese | 歐陽靖 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 欧阳靖 | ||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Ōuyáng Jìng |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Āuyèuhng Jihng |
| Jyutping | au1 joeng4 zing6 |
Jin Au-Yeung (born June 4, 1982), known professionally as MC Jin, is an American rapper, songwriter, and actor of Hakka descent. He is the first Asian American rapper to be signed to a major record label in the United States. Born in Miami, Florida, and later living in New York City, he lived in Hong Kong for several years before returning to New York in the summer of 2012.
Jin Au-Yeung was born on June 4, 1982, in Miami, Florida, to Hong Kong immigrants of Hakka descent. He was raised in the general Miami area, where his parents owned a Chinese restaurant and Jin attended school. While a student at John F. Kennedy Middle School in North Miami Beach. Jin went on to attend North Miami Beach Senior High School, from which he graduated in the year 2000. After graduating Jin decided to forgo college and began his rap career; in 2001 he moved, with his parents, to Queens, New York City. Jin participated in many rap battles with his peers.
Au-Yeung began performing freestyles and selling his own mixtapes on the streets, in hip hop clubs and wherever else possible. While battling on the streets, he was spotted by Kamel Pratt, who then became his manager; together, they formed Crafty Plugz Entertainment. Au-Yeung's big break came when the BET program 106 & Park began inviting local rappers to hold battles in a segment known as Freestyle Friday. He won seven battles in a row, enabling him to be inducted in the Freestyle Friday Hall of Fame. Unlike other competitors, Jin occasionally spoke Cantonese in his freestyle verses.
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